Re: zone map

Most interesting background info. Jim.....you know the neatest
factoids!  

What I'm waiting for is a hardiness/heat map that takes humidity,
night temperatures, rainfall, soil, etc. into consideration and
actually might be really useful:-)  Shall I hold my breath until it's
published?

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> 
> i agree, also. the sunset zones are terrific--in the west. they are
less so 
> in the east. in fact, in my part of the east they are re-numbered
usda zones.
> 
> when sunset--lane publishing, palo alto, california--started it was
a 
> california-only magazine; it asked readers to keep track of their
weather 
> and to report it to them. years later, when they slowly expanded
their 
> market, they did the same in other areas--but the information was
often 
> less useful because it was accumulated over a shorter time period.
the 
> zones for idaho, utah, and nevada, for example, are not nearly as
reliable 
> as the zones for los angeles or sacramento.
> 
> then lane publishing was bought out and sunset changed from a
gardening 
> magazine into an investment engine, and that engine bought southern

> living--geographically, another quarter of the country and a
quarter with 
> no history of paying attention to microclimates. so sunset adopted
the next 
> best thing for its east coast zones.
> 
> raise your hand if you think it was usda hardiness zones with
different 
> designations.
> 
> the lane family, which was meticulous and compulsive about the
information 
> it provided, is probably petitioning the courts for a name change.

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